Letters #2 - The People Rejoice

Saradomin Responds.

Five Ages after creating the world of Q-pea, the great god Saradomin now regularly communicates with the inhabitants of this fast evolving planet. An agreement with his brothers prohibits him from directly intervening into Q-pea's affairs, but in his great omniscience he still listens to the prayers of those who seek his knowledge.

Firstly, I must say that I was touched by the level of response to my first letter. Truly I say that Q-pea is home to such a myriad of peoples, including some that now transcend the more traditional etiquette of grammar and punctuation. But above all I was struck by the sincerity of your words- it is a great thing indeed to live with such a strong sense of hope.

I have received a huge number of messages, so I alas cannot reply to every single one here. But how pleased Saradomin was to hear from men and women with such strong, seeking minds!

Lowe the bowyer writes:

I sell bows and arrows in Varrock, and business is good, but my customers keep asking me for something I cannot sell them. They want to throw their daggers. A dagger hits harder than an arrow, they say, and needs no bow to carry. Thieves especially want it, since the dagger is a thief's weapon. I would stock them gladly, bronze to rune, if the gods allowed a blade to fly.

Lowe, of Lowe's Archery Emporium, Varrock

An interesting idea, a dagger that can be thrown- something that you would only do, I presume, in order to defend yourself. I can confirm that plans are now afoot to give knives the gift of flight, and that this action will be part of the ranged skill series. Unlucky recipients of said knives will then find their health to be substantially lessened. These weapons will not, however, be stackable, so sadists will have to find other ways to satiate their Zamorockian urges.

I was, of course, gratified to learn that so many of you are indeed committed to the hard graft and toil that I spoke of last time. Some of you are too committed, as Aubury of Varrock puts it:

Great Saradomin, I beg you for an amulet that repels fools. I sell runes in Varrock. Every hour, a child walks into my shop and asks me to give them my staff, my robes, my hat. I have told them a thousand times that the staff is not for sale. They ask again the next day.

Your Humble Servant,

Aubury, of Aubury's Rune Shop, Varrock

Others were motivated by a desire for justice, fervently demanding that certain secular decisions be overturned at once. Rather than engaging with those who would seek to Support their Custom, it would seem that the sheer passion of these individuals got the better of them... so they pestered me instead. But Q-pea does have a process of evolution, and I am sure that it will be reaching them soon.

But if you need customer support, please use the customer support forms! And so back to business.

My Lord, I have kept your church in Lumbridge for many years. "Bury your bones," I tell every outlander who passes my door, and "Saradomin is with you." Some listen. Most ask what they get for it. If you sent them a new trial of faith, one that brought them closer to your light, I believe my church would be full every day.

Your loyal servant, Father Aereck of Lumbridge

Now certain members of the council are seeking out new ways to level your prayer skill. Perhaps by way of a quest. Not that I would ever intervene directly into the affairs of Q-pea of course...

Gertrude of Varrock complained of tiredness from too much standing.

Greetings, Mighty One. One hesitates to question the way You made the world, but one's legs will not let the question wait. One has chased one's cats across Varrock for day upon endless day, and now one has blisters on one's blisters. There is a perfectly good chair in one's own kitchen. One cannot sit in it. There is a bed upstairs with a lovely blanket. One cannot lie in it. Why did You make these taunting things if Your subjects may not use them?

Strength through wisdom? Strength through a sit-down, more like.

Gertrude, of west Varrock, and her cats

P.S. If one must be turned into an imp for this cheek, please not on Karamja. The hot rock would ruin one's bunions.

Now as the god of all things good, there are some matters which simply demand my full and undivided attention. This was not one such matter. But you did arouse my sympathies- even the gods feel weary sometimes you know.

But the question on nearly everyone's lips was when that of when our world would enter a new dimension. Gazing across to the mage Andrew - for we are not one and the same- I see that three-dimensional landscapes are now under construction. There is still much work to be done of course. When you seek to change the world, you take on every blade of grass. Carpentry has for this reason been postponed until after the updates.

This will doubtless prove disappointing to some, but then even the gods can't please everyone. In the words of one worried farmer:

"I hear the world is to gain a great depth, with every hill and house made new. Please leave it as it is. A world that deep will be no world at all."

Oh how I laughed. Even the Andrew was said to have managed a smile- which is no mean feat I can tell you.

All in all I can see that these are happy times for the people of Q-pea. The perpetrators of deceit are being hounded out, with over 60 scam sites being taken down in the last week. The new combat level display has proved popular amongst merchant types, with traders now having to try really hard to get ripped off. Perhaps my presence has tipped the balance of power away from all those who would promote evil.

Or maybe it's just been a good week. Until next time my friends.

Strength through wisdom
Saradomin